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Los Angeles Lakers: Top 30 greatest players of all-time

By Ben Beecken

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 13: Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers reacts in the first half while taking on the Utah Jazz at Staples Center on April 13, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 13: Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers reacts in the first half while taking on the Utah Jazz at Staples Center on April 13, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /
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Los Angeles Lakers, Elden Campbell
22 May 1998: (L-R) Elden Campbell #41, Nick Van Exel #9 and Corie Blount #43 of the Los Angeles Lakers look on during game three of the Western Conference Finals against the Utah Jazz at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California. The Jazz defeated /

Power Forward. Los Angeles Lakers. Elden Campbell. 25. player. 20.

  • 9 seasons with Lakers (1990-99)
  • Averaged 10.4 points and 5.8 rebounds per game

Elden Campbell was the model of consistency for the Lakers franchise for nearly the entire decade of the 1990s, playing heavy minutes for a series of playoff teams.

Campbell was selected 27th overall by Los Angeles in the 1990 NBA Draft and appeared in 52 games off the bench for the 1990-91 Lakers, who lost in the NBA Finals. He did not become a regular starter until his fourth season in the NBA, averaging 29.6 minutes per game while putting up 12.3 points and 6.8 rebounds per contest.

After becoming a starter in 1994, Campbell’s per-game averages shot up to 12.7 points and 6.8 rebounds while shooting 47.2 percent from the floor between 1994 and his departure in 1999.

The Lakers were consistently good during Campbell’s tenure in L.A., only finishing a season below the .500 mark twice in his nine seasons. In 59 career playoff games with the Lakers, Campbell started in 30 and averaged 9.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 46.2 percent from the floor.

Campbell was traded to the Charlotte Hornets in 1999, where he spent parts of four seasons. He also played in New Orleans, Seattle, Detroit and New Jersey before retiring after the 2004-05 NBA season.

Campbell won a title with the 2003-04 Detroit Pistons, who defeated the Kobe Bryant/Shaquille O’Neal-led Lakers in the NBA Finals. He was merely a bench contributor, but still appeared in 12 playoff games for Detroit in 2004.

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